Portage County roundup: Mogadore hiring five full-time firefighters, plus news from Suffield, Atwater and Randolph

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Portage County roundup: Mogadore hiring five full-time firefighters, plus news from Suffield, Atwater and Randolph

For the last 30 years, Mogadore has had a full-time EMT/fire chief, but the rest of the fire department has been part time.

“We’ve been having trouble filling the shifts. That’s a lot of part-time people trying to fill 24 hours, seven days a week,” Mayor Mike Rick said. “So last year, village council asked the community if they’d pass a $3.5 million levy to get us five full-time EMT/firemen. And we also received a SAFER Grant from the federal government.”

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